Greetings from Chez Beck-Travis

Greetings from the home of Natalie and John (Dad's sister and brother -in - law)!
Mom and Dad dropped me off here yesterday, and here I shall happily stay while Mom and Dad are in Alaska this month!
I love Aunt Natalie and Uncle John's house because it features one of my favorite people EVER - Mckayla! As well as two other dogs, two cats, two more kidlets, and a really cool glass door to look out of (pictured, image three).
While I am enjoying my stay with the Beck-Travis family, Mom and Dad appear to be doing a lot of flying and Mom apparently spent some time sitting by a bear ass. Weird.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

The Colorado State Fair

Hello! Everyone!
Jemima Jones Beck here.
Yesterday, Mom and Grandma Andrea drove to Pueblo, Colorado to attend the Colorado State Fair.
Mom and Grandma Andrea have lived here in Colorado since Mom was about 5, and they had never been to the State Fair - so they decided that this was the year to attend!
While at the Fair Mom and Grandma Andrea saw:

Flowers...



and Chickens...

and chicks...

and tigers...WAIT! TIGERS?!!? (Jemima's Mom's note: yes, Jemima, tigers)...

and piglets being swarmed by kidlets...

and the one animal in the world of which Mom is truly terrified...

(Jemima's Mom's note: Holy crap! Doesn't he look evil?!? Cute, fuzzy and EVIL?)...

and sand sculptures...

and I...laid on the couch. Ditched again!
Sigh!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

A Bit Early This Year...

Hello! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
Today, as we walked around Sloan's Lake, Mom and I discovered many signs that Fall may be arriving a bit early this year.
From tiny little leaves already yellowed and fallen, to red beauties still on the branch, and larger than normal flocks of unusual birds feeding on the lake, the entire place seemed to scream "FALL"!
This makes Mom slightly sad because Fall is her favorite season and one of her favorite things to do in the Fall is walk around Sloan's Lake looking at the leaves. And, as she and Dad are leaving for Alaska soon, it now appears that Mom might miss one of her favorite annual shows.
For Mom's sake, I sure hope that Fall is pretty in Alaska (however, by this statement, I do not want anyone to think that I condone this Alaska behavior! I still cannot believe that they are ditching me for three weeks! The nerve of them...)!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Ginormous Beasts! (Not to be Confused with Ginormous Breasts!)

BEASTS!

Really big beasts (See me by the wheel there?)!





Looking at ME!




Holy cow! All that I can see are his ankles - just HOW big are these BEASTS?!?

This big, apparently.
I shall sneak up upon this one...





Watch out Mom! That one is awfully close to you and the camera which, by the way, you do not seem to have pointed at me....!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

The True Face of Evil

Yes, that's right everyone...my face is the true face of evil!
Why? Well, because I MAY (I am not admitting anything here), have chewed Mom's cell phone...again. For the fourth time in six months.
As some of you may remember, I destroyed Mom's original Tmobile cell phone some months ago, and she was forced to get another one after multiple complaints that people couldn't hear Mom when she called them (personally, I am not sure why anyone needs to HEAR Mom, isn't email an acceptable form of communication these days?).
The very night that Mom replaced her cell phone, I chewed the new one. But Mom decided to keep the new (now new and chewed, better than ever, really), cell since I had only damaged the body of the phone, not the screen or speaker or mic.
A few weeks later, I chewed the phone again, causing only cosmetic damage.
But, a few days ago, I again chewed Mom's phone and now, it not only can't stay on for more than 10 minutes at a time, but it also does not ring when someone calls (it does still light up though!).
Some of you, I am sure, are currently thinking to yourselves "Mom needs to put her cell phone where Jemima can't reach it". But, in all fairness to Mom, she always does. This last time she put it on top of a five foot tall book shelf, and I still got to it (I use my powers of suggestion and snuggles to make Netty knock the phone down for me whenever Mom is silly enough to leave both me and the phone in the house unattended).
That is why my face is truly the face of evil!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Happy Birthday to Mom...!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
Today I would like to wish my Mom, Rachele Jean Beck, a very happy 168th birthday!
Already, Mom has had a very good day, and, just like every other year, has ditched me at home for most of the time...I must say that I am hurt by her ditching me on her birthday every year, but I am especially hurt this year because I put on a ribbon just to celebrate Mom's big day!
Today, Grandma Andrea took Mom to see a movie (Tropic Thunder, very good, go see it), and then to Golden Tea Time for Tea.
Apparently, it was a lot of fun, and very yummy! And later in the evening Dad is taking Mom out to 240 Union, a fancy restaurant that Mom and Dad have been to a few times. In fact, it was the restaurant that Dad took Mom to for their senior prom! Cool huh?
Included here you can see pictures of me, in my neglected birthday ribbon, Mom in a rare picture, Golden Tea Time, the very pink table at Golden Tea Time, and Grandma Andrea, also at Golden Tea Time.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Cold Weather

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
The weather in Denver has been oddly chilly for the past few days - the high here today was only 52 degrees Fahrenheit - so I have been spending much of my time snuggling with Netty as illustrated by the following three pictures.
I have also been attempting to snuggle with Mom, but she says that I get in the way of her knitting, and has not been letting me sleep on her lap as much as I would like.
Part of the problem seems to be that if I snuggle on Mom's lap, then Netty is bound to follow me, and also snuggle on Mom's lap. Then Spork comes along and lays down on Mom's lap also. And finally, Wellington comes over and gets angry because there is no room on Mom's lap for him, so he swats Netty on the face, which makes me angry and results in a lot of jumping up, and running off, and hissing, and usually Mom gets clawed and her knitting gets yanked around, or at the very least, someone knocks her ball of yarn off of her lap (oh, did I not mention the yarn ball? That likes to sit on Mom's lap as well). At any rate, it's a mess, and Mom avoids the whole thing by not letting any of us sit on her lap while she is knitting.

I am also the happy recipient of this award, from Clover! Thank you, Clover, that was very sweet of you!

The rules of this award are as follows:

1. Only five people allowed.

2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog.

3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

I had a hard time with this since a few of the bloggers who have been reading me for a while have already been nominated. But, after some debate, I nominate the following four bloggers as Dedicated Followers of my blog: The Devil Dog, Pug Posse (who has good taste in Coach purses - Mom wanted me to tell Lisa that she already has that Coach, and it's great - Lisa should totally get it!), Life With Pugs, and Goodboy Norman Featherstone.

I also nominate Eduardo the Snuggle Puggle as my New friend! Eduardo sure is cute!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Mom is Back!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. I am excited to report that Mom is back from her latest trip to Las Vegas (this is Mom's fifth trip there, for anyone who is counting). Apparently, she and Jessica Olin (Mom's best friend from high school), had a great time. Here are a few of the things that they did:

They gambled...

They drank...(that's lemonade, I am sure)

They saw a show called "V The Ultimate Variety Show" at the Planet Hollywood Casino...

They ate at some restaurants...

They went to M&M's World and the Coca Cola Factory at the MGM Grand where...

They sampled 16 different flavors of Coke from around the world. Countries tasted included Italy, Israel, Honduras, Taiwan, Japan and many more!

They saw Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt...

As well as John Wayne...(have you noticed that all three of them look sort of...um...Waxy? Hmmm...)

And, APPARENTLY, they hung out with a whole bunch of other pugs! Can you believe that? The nerve of them! Well, I am glad that Mom is home and I can't wait to check her bags and see if she brought me anything!

Love, Jemima Jones Beck